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UK-based consultancy, running an airline and airport review and ranking site

Skytrax (originally known as Inflight Research Services) is a United Kingdom-based consultancy that runs an airline and airport review and ranking site.[1]

Services[edit]

Skytrax conducts research for commercial airlines, as well as taking surveys from international travellers to rate cabin staff, airports, airlines, airline lounges, in-flight entertainment, on-board catering, and several other elements of air travel.[2][3] Apart from these evaluations, Skytrax has an airline forum where passengers give potential passengers insights and opinions about an airline. The website also hosts flight reviews, flight checks, and satisfaction surveys. Skytrax holds an annual World Airline Awards[4] and World Airport Awards,[5] as well as the ranking for airlines and airports.

Controversies[edit]

Skytrax claims on its website that it has no economic ties to the airlines and airports that are presented with Skytrax awards, which it says are based on votes by passengers. In fact, any person may vote, one vote per IP address.[6] Skytrax provides remunerated consulting services to airlines and airports, and there are doubts as to whether this arrangement allows Skytrax to be objective in the awards that it issues, to wit:

In 2011, Skytrax’s award of a 5-star rating to Hainan Airlines subsequent to a consulting project that it completed for the airline raised doubts about the objectivity of the award.[7]

In 2012, the online investigations company KwikChex filed five complaints with the UK Advertising Standards Authority related to statements on the Skytrax website describing the volume and reliability of their reviews as well as the official status and update frequency of their ratings. The ASA ruled that there was no evidence that Skytrax had followed the robust procedures it claimed it had in place to check all reviews were genuine. Although Skytrax argued that every review underwent a four-stage authentication process, it said it was unable to provide proof it had followed its own procedures as customer emails were deleted 24 hours after a review was submitted.[8] The authority upheld all five complaints and Skytrax agreed to modify some promotional wording.[9][10]

In 2014, Etihad stopped participating in Skytrax ratings.[11]

In 2015, news company Skift concluded that Skytrax had “wildly inflated” the number of persons participating in its annual survey.[12] Skift reported:[13]

The principal partner appears to be Skytrax’s founder Edward Plaisted, whose background in aviation, or outside of aviation, is unknown. Skift has tried on more than one occasion to get insights from Skytrax on its methodology, metrics, and business organization with no success. Questions answered by its press representative were later claimed to be off the record, and statements given for previous stories were asked to be retracted.

Skytrax’s 2019 downgrading of Turkish Airlines to a three-star carrier, subsequent to its 2018 pulling out of Skytrax, elicited much criticism and accusations of dishonesty in the awards and doubts as to whether Skytrax actually uses the methodology that it states that it uses.[14] Similar criticism arose when Skytrax awarded Lufthansa an award for a future cabin interior in 2019, subsequent to a consulting project that it had completed for the airline.[15]

Skytrax presents awards annually to airports and airlines that it considers noteworthy in their performance.

Airline of the year[edit]

Airport of the year[edit]

Airline rankings[edit]

The World’s 5-star Airlines[edit]

Skytrax currently certifies only its top 10–rated airlines with 5 stars.

Sources:[60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]

Former 5-star Airlines[edit]

Airline with the Best Airport Services[edit]

Best Inflight Entertainment[edit]

Best Aircraft Cabin Cleanliness[edit]

World’s Best Regional Airlines (Short haul flight)[edit]

World’s Best Airline Alliance[edit]

Airport rankings[edit]

The World’s 5-Star Airports[edit]

Source:[77]

Country Airport
 Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku
 Bahrain Bahrain International Airport, Manama
 China Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, Chengdu
 China Haikou Meilan International Airport, Haikou
 China Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai
 China Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, Shenzhen
 Ecuador Quito International Airport, Quito
 Germany Munich Airport, Munich
 Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
 Italy Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Rome
 Japan Chubu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya
 Japan Haneda International Airport, Tokyo
 Oman Salalah International Airport, Salalah
 Qatar Hamad International Airport, Doha
 Russia Platov International Airport, Rostov on Don
 Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore
 South Korea Incheon International Airport, Seoul
 Turkey Istanbul Airport, Istanbul
 United States William P. Hobby Airport, Houston

World’s Best Airports[edit]

World’s Cleanest Airports[edit]

SkyTrax added anti-COVID-19 awards for airports in 2020.[83][84]

World’s Best Airport Terminals[edit]

World’s Best Transit Airports[edit]

References[edit]

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  4. ^ World Airline Awards
  5. ^ World Airport Awards
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  13. ^ “Understanding the players during airline and airport awards season”, Skift, March 2015
  14. ^ “Outrageous: Turkish Airlines Downgraded To Skytrax 3-Star Airline”, One Mile at a Time, May 11, 2019
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  45. ^ Airport of the Year 2009 Archived 5 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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  47. ^ Airport of the Year 2011 Archived 30 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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  49. ^ “World’s Top 100 Airports 2013”.
  50. ^ “World’s Top 100 Airports 2014”.
  51. ^ “World’s Top 100 Airports 2015”.
  52. ^ “World’s Top 100 Airports 2016”.
  53. ^ “World’s Top 100 Airports 2017”.
  54. ^ “World’s Top 100 Airports 2018”.
  55. ^ “The World’s Top 10 Airports of 2021”.
  56. ^ “The World’s Top 100 Airports of 2020”.
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  80. ^ “World’s Top 100 Airports 2020”.
  81. ^ “World’s Cleanest Airports 2022”.
  82. ^ “World’s Cleanest Airports 2020”.
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  85. ^ “World’s Best Airport Terminals 2020”.
  86. ^ “World’s Best Airport Terminals 2019”.
  87. ^ “World’s Best Transit Airports 2020”.
  88. ^ “World’s Best Transit Airports 2019”.

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